CBR Members Receive Prestigious CIHR Awards
All levels of researchers at the Centre for Blood Research, UBC, have received CIHR awards in the 2016-2017 cycle.
Canadian Blood Services Fellowship for a CBR Graduate Student
Canadian Blood Services provides bright and eager minds the support they need to pursue careers in transfusion science and medicine.
Leonard Foster awarded the 2017 Genome BC Award
This award honours an individual in B.C. whose work has had a significant impact on advancing the fields of genomics, proteomics, bioinformatics or systems biology.
Canadian Foundation for Innovation Awards
Congratulations to the CBR Principal Investigators for receiving the John R. Evans Leaders Fund!
CBR Members Receive Recognition & Awards
Congratulations! A CBR Team from the McNagny and Rossi labs received 2nd place at the LSI Start-Up Competition 2017. Dr. Strynadka received a Jacob Biely Award and Dr. Conway was renewed as the Canada Research Chair in Endothelial Cell Biology.
22nd Annual Lorne Proteomics Symposium
With CBR Travel Award, Nestor Solis, a Postdoctoral Fellow in the lab of Chris Overall at the CBR, attended the 22nd Annual Lorne Proteomics Symposium to discuss current trends in ‘omics research.
Results are out! Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship
Natalie Zeytuni and J. Andrew Alexander from the Strynadka Lab, have received highly prestigious national awards.
Nominees for the 2016 Neil Mackenzie Excellence Award
In honor of Neil Mackenzie, the Centre for Blood Research offers an award in his name to recognize the mentorship excellence in the CBR community. This year, we have received 22 nominations highlighting the incredible efforts and achievements of 16 CBR mentors.
2016 MSFHR Scholar Program Award Recipients
The MSFHR Scholar Program is designed to foster the development of outstanding health researchers in BC. Three CBR current and past members have received this award.
CIHR Foundation and Project Grants Recipients
Congratulations to the 6 CBR researchers that have received Foundation and Project Grants in the first cycle of CIHR’s brand new funding system: Drs. Christopher Overall, Christian Kastrup, Kelly McNagny, Jay Kizhakkedathu, Robert Hancock, and Wilfred Jefferies!